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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Schleswig (City of Schleswig) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT SCHLESWIG 10 PFENNIG GÜLTIG BIS ZUM ÖFFENTLICHEN WIDERRUF |
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| Reverse lettering | Nachahmungen werden strafrechtlich verfolgt SCHLESWIG DEN 31. MAI 1920. DER MAGISTRAT |
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Schleswig in 1920 was in political limbo. The Schleswig Plebiscites of February and March that year were deciding whether the duchy would remain German or transfer to Denmark — Zone 1 voted Danish, Zone 2 voted German, and the city of Schleswig itself fell in Zone 2, staying within Germany. This note was issued directly into that uncertainty, a municipal stopgap during the nationwide Kleingeldmangel that plagued Germany's postwar economy when small-denomination coins had all but vanished from circulation.
The 35 × 35 mm square format is atypical even among Notgeld — most municipal issues defaulted to rectangular cuts, and the equal dimensions here suggest a deliberate local printing decision rather than a contracted job.